홍대용(洪大容)의 세계관 변화와 그것의 현대적 의의

Abstract

In this paper, we investigated the change of Hong, Dae-Yong(洪大容, 1731 ~ 1783)'s view of the world, who was one of the leading scholars in school of North scholarship in Cho-seon(朝鮮) Dynasty in ninth century and had the glocalized philosophical view of the world. What we study the change of his view of the world means to look over trends of the change of Cho-seon dynasty intellectuals' view of the world at that time. At the time, Cho-seon intellectuals recognized Cheong(淸) as a marginal north, Cho-seon as the cultural center after destruction of Ming(明). However, this world view is changing in 18th century. The change of Hong's view of the world represents this change of it in 18th century. The change of his view of the world was begun in his age 35 years old(1765-6) when he had been traveling in Beijing. His philosophical view of the world is shown in his later work Questions and Answers In Hospital Hill(醫山問答, 1780). In this paper, we research a qualitative change of his view of the world from traditional one. And we research that it has what philosophical significance. In Hong's one, everywhere is a center and Dao is everywhere, which is beyond the traditional one which is so called hwayigwan(華夷觀). That is based on the theory that Earth is round and turns, which denies only one center in the world. He has the pluralistic and glocal view of the world. In space, time, culture, and even race, there is no only one center, every space and time, and regional culture, and even race have their own center and have their own Dao. He can be interpreted for us as a philosopher who advocated glocalization pioneeringly in modern meaning which can be local and global at the same time. All human beings existing between heaven and earth are ones who could achieve their own Dao in their place in accordance with a right time and a right work.